Liquid-Phase Exfoliation and Functionalization of MoS2 Nanosheets for Effective Antibacterial Application.

A lysozyme (Lys)-assisted liquid phase exfoliation technique was designed to synthesize MoS 2 nanosheets (MoS 2 -Lys NSs). The MoS 2 -Lys NSs as a novel nanozyme antibacterial agent with high peroxidase-like catalyst activity showed good antibacterial efficacy against both Gram-negative ampicillin resistance Escherichia coli (Amp r E. coli ) and Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis ( B. subtilis ). The possible antibacterial mechanism was also proposed. This work provided an effective antibacterial strategy based on the MoS 2 -Lys NSs antibacterial agent.